1998
Ollie D. Powers
School of Music
"Interactions Between Composers and Technology in the First Decades of Electronic Music, 1948-1968"
Chairpersons: Dr. Jody Nagel and Dr. David Sills

1997
Wendy Y. Robinson
Department of Educational Leadership
"The Relationship Between the Social Environment of an Urban School District and Its Support of Innovation and Change"
Chairperson: Dr. Theodore Kowalski

1996
Not Awarded

1995
Charles P. Conrad
School of Music
"Fred Jewell (1875-1936): His Life as Composer of Circus and Band Music, Bandmaster, and Publisher"
Chairperson: Dr. Linda L. Pohly

1994
C. Floyd Richmond
School of Music
"Tools, Guidelines, and Strategies for the Development of Computer-Assisted-Instruction Lessons by Non-Programming Music Teachers"
Chairperson: Dr. H. Eugene Karjala